Ann Romney's storybook

Sue Jantz

Sue Jantz

Sue Jantz

Aug. 30

Ann Romney still does have a storybook life. It's too bad for the rest of us that she doesn't know it because maybe she would encourage her husband not to eliminate the social and health-care safety net.

Our unmet medical needs could result in death and financial disaster, which adds a dimension of stress that's unimaginable to her. You see, the ordinary woman who gets breast cancer, multiple sclerosis or other serious conditions would love to have Ann Romney's storybook.

Instead, ours has horror-story chapters, including medically caused unemployment, unmet child care, bankruptcy and the inability to buy or retain medical insurance due to pre-existing conditions. These additional stressors do not contribute to recovery from illness. Instead they negatively impact it.

Every country in the world that I respect, except our own, has systems in place that prevent these damaging impacts. What would President Romney do besides throw us to the merciless, for-profit system?

It's time to stop the assaults on Medicare, and embrace the improvements that come with the Affordable Care Act for the protection of the medically needy.

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Sue Jantz of Mount Dora jokingly calls herself a PAC -- a politically active citizen. Public policy issues inspire her to write letters. She enjoys her family, home improvements, art, the enviroment and hiking in nature.